Richardson Street & Debevoise Avenue

Richardson Street and Debevoise Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in East Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 11 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Cooper Park Community Center is 840 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Kingsland Av/Richardson St, is 430 feet away for the B24, and two bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are four public places and six places to eat. About 1,400 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1950 and 1980, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
2 hurt
11 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Brooklyn-Queens Expressway
0.5 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
430 feet
Kingsland Av/Richardson St · B24
Within a walk
4 places
1 community center, 1 older adult center and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Richardson Street & Debevoise Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Kingsland Av/Richardson St, 430 feet away, for the B24.

  • 2 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Kingsland Av/Richardson St B24
    430 feet
    B24

Next buses at this stop

  1. B24 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 14 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Frost St & Debevoise Ave 22 docks in all
    410 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway westbound at Meeker Avenue & Graham Avenue at Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 65 Kingsland Avenue Gas station
    880 feet
  2. 444 Graham Avenue Charging for electric cars, 12 Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 1074 Grand Street Fast charging for electric cars
    0.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 11 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11222
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 1
City Council district
34
Police precinct
94
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
East Williamsburg
Elevation
33 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 1,400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1950 and 1980.

Since 2014 at least 5 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

Twelve trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 36 signs on these blocks
  • 12 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2014 and January 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Debevoise Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Debevoise Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

North side of Richardson Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 8AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Richardson Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 8AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Four public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 community center
  • 1 older adult center
  • 1 playground
  • 1 religious building

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Frost Playground
    320 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Cecilias Church House of worship
    1,010 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 288 Frost Street Older adult center
    580 feet
  2. Cooper Park Community Center
    840 feet

Supermarkets

  1. City Fresh Market Supermarket
    950 feet
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Met Foodmarkets Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are six places to eat and five food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk, a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 14 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Debevoise Avenue or Richardson Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYCHA, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.